JBL was responsible for some of the best speaker deals of 2019, and it looks like 2020 will be no different. For a limited time, and while supplies last, the refurbished JBL Link 300 wireless voice-activated speaker is just $59.99. It normally sells for as much as $300, though you’ll more often see it for $250. …
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Disney Plus‘ fairy-tale dreams may come true sooner than Disney thought: Disney Plus has signed up 28.6 million people less than three months after the service rolled out, Disney said Tuesday. To put that in context, Disney initially expected Disney Plus would take five years to reach between 60 million and 90 million subscribers. In less than 90 days, it’s …
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Cheap AirPods are back. We’ve been frequent passengers on the AirPods roller coaster price ride for months now, watching the AirPods with the standard charging case routinely dip down into $130 territory. But right now, you can get second-generation AirPods with a charging case for just $115 — that’s $44 off the regular $159 price tag. Of course, when the …
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The Apple TV app is already on Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Samsung Smart TVs, and has been for a few months. Now, the app has made its way to another set of devices: LG TVs. The South Korean electronics giant announced Tuesday that it has begun rolling out an Apple TV app for “compatible 2019 LG smart TVs in over …
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Are you using a VPN? You should be, especially if you frequently connect to public Wi-Fi networks on your phone, tablet or laptop. There are free options out there, but I agree with ZDNet’s David Gewirtz that free VPNs are not a risk worth taking. Fortunately, a VPN doesn’t have to be expensive — at least if you take advantage …
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Calling all students, teachers and people weary of Windows hassles: Is it time to consider a Chromebook? Let’s see if this deal can convince you: For a limited time, and while supplies last, Best Buy has the second-gen Lenovo 100E 11.6-inch Chromebook for $99 — a price that includes three free months of Disney Plus. It normally runs $159, and it was …
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Whoa. I was excited about this deal when I first ran it last week — but as of this morning it’s better still. Everything I look for in a laptop can be found right here. Thin and light: check. Solid-state storage: check. Backlit keyboard: yep. Truth be told, I’d already been eyeballing the Lenovo IdeaPad 730S before this deal came …
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Amazon is reportedly in discussions with Goldman Sachs about establishing a partnership in which the investment bank would offer small business loans to merchants on the internet retailer’s platform. The loans would be offered directly to Amazon merchants through the e-commerce giant’s existing loan platform, the Financial Times and CNBC reported Monday, citing an unidentified source described as familiar with …
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Forget about carrying a bag full of USB chargers and AC adapters — it’s the 21st Century, and if you have a collection of relatively recent gadgets, you can probably keep them all topped off with a single charger. Many modern laptops — like MacBooks, the HP Spectre, Dell XPS and Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 — can be charged through …
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All eyes will be on Iowa tonight. The Democratic presidential candidates face their first major test when Iowans caucus on Monday, Feb. 3. Unlike primary states where voters head to the polls to cast their votes, Iowa is a caucus state where people gather at a series of local meetings to discuss and debate and vote on the candidates. A …
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